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Thanks so much, Simon! This was a challenge for me lighting wise... I had never done this lighting angle on a face before, and looked a lot of references (including making my own husband stand out in the sun and snap pictures of him, poor thing.) So I'm very glad to see that I was ultimately successful! And yes, you'd really best take back what you said about his mother, also.

Whoever this guy's looking at had better make himself scarce, or apologise. He should never have said that hair ties are for girls. Nice expression, but I'm more impressed by the lighting, it's close to being perfect. You've not made the shadows too deep, because of the light reflected by the snow, and as a result it looks like he's really "there", in the scene. Nice job.

Thanks, Scott! Skin is one of my favorite things to paint... I especially like the challenges of unusual skin colors, like black or gray. This one actually had been languishing in my "not-quite-finished" pile for about two months. I finally pulled it out yesterday and went "Ah-ha! I know what to do!"